Choi Jae-won (최재원)

WON Bin to Star in BONG Joon-ho's Latest

2008/04/09 | Source | Permalink |

Korean Wave star and household heartthrob WON Bin has been cast in director BONG Joon-ho's latest project ' Mother ' alongside veteran actress KIM Hye-ja. This will mark actor WON Bin's first return to the screen since 2004's box office smash "Taegukgi" and the popular "My Brother", released the same year.

BONG, who is counted one of Korea's top directors, after his 2006 film "The Host" quickly became the highest grossing film of all time at the Korean box office, presented the new project last month at the HAF project mart in Hong Kong. Production house Barunson Film Division is managing the project with CHOI Jae-won and SEO Woo-sik producing. The film is expected to start shooting this Fall on a budget of US$5 million.

BONG and Park Eun-kyo penned the screenplay, which centers on a shy, awkward young man (played by WON Bin) framed as the perpetrator in a brutal slaying. His devoted and determined mother (KIM Hye-ja) pits herself against incompetence and corruption in the ...| More

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Korean Projects at Hong Kong Financing Market

2008/01/08 | Source | Permalink |

Four Korean projects will participate in the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) including the latest by a trio of internationally renowned directors: PARK Chan-wook, BONG Joon-ho, and LIM Sang-soo. HAF will be held March 17 to 19, 2008 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre alongside the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

LIM's new project is a co-production to be shot in France and titled "A Woman in Paris". It revolves around a Korean female professor, her French boyfriend, and her various lovers. The film is to be produced by Carole SCOTTA and LEE In-ah of respective film companies Haut et Court and Greensky films.

BONG's project is tentatively titled Mother, and is about a mother and son. It will be produced by CHOI Jae-won and SEO Woo-sik for Barunson Film Division. PARK's untitled film is about a priest-turned-vampire and has already received some attention after Korea's top star SONG Kang-ho was cast. It is being produced by PARK and AHN Soo-...| More

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